The Gold Regenesis Teams: Revealed

Alright! So let's get into this. For the past two weeks, Marvel have been slowly revealing the full rosters of all eight of their "Regenesis" X-Men titles. In the aftermath of Jason Aaron's Schism event, the books will divide over two lines: those who side with Cyclops, and those who side with Wolverine. These so-called 'blue' and 'gold' teams will be split relatively equally: Uncanny X-Men, Generation Hope, New Mutants and X-Men will all side with Cyclops, while Wolverine & The X-Men, X-Force, X-Men Legacy and X-Factor will all side with Wolverine.

Now, to what extent they actually tie-in to Regenesis is unknown, as X-Factor and X-Force have traditionally avoided all contact with the main X-Men titles and narrative. Astonishing X-Men, too, has avoided any contact with Regenesis and will continue to be a standalone series, written by Greg Pak and drawn by Mike McKone. The belief is that Cyclops' followers will remain on Utopia, while Wolverine's group head over to Westchester and set up a new mansion - but again, nothing is confirmed there.

Let's reveal the teams, then, shall we? We'll start with Wolverine's side - the Gold Teams. Click the image for a large version.

Uncanny X-Force's Roster: Psylocke, Deadpool, Fantomex and Nightcrawler (from the Age of Apocalypse Universe)

The Uncanny X-Force team changes in a few ways, but will probably keep the same mission statement. Archangel is mysteriously absent here, presumably because of something that happens during the current 'Dark Angel Saga' which is currently running. Wolverine has also been dropped from the cover - however, don't expect that to mean he's left the team. He'll probably still be around. The two questions for the team lie with new addition AoA Nightcrawler, and Toad. It's hard to tell if Toad is meant to be on Wolverine & The X-Men or Uncanny X-Force at the moment, because his somewhat white outfit is difficult to make out. So, we'll have to see about that.


Wolverine & The X-Men's Roster: Wolverine, Toad, Oya, Iceman, Beast, Kitty Pryde, Lockheed and Quentin Quire

Wolverine's team seems heavily influenced by the events of Schism, which saw Idie (codenamed Oya) take centre-stage and Quentin Quire return to the X-Men's lives. Oya is the girl who can manipulate fire and ice, who has somehow broken away from the cast of Generation Hope to become Wolverine's new sidekick. Wolverine seems to have also retrieved Beast from the Avengers, meaning he has two of the original five X-Men on his side. Iceman and Beast were not very friendly last time they met, so it'll be interesting to see what happens next for them. Jason Aaron has said that his book will feature about 14 different characters, though - so this isn't the full team.


X-Men Legacy's Roster: Rogue, Gambit, Frenzy and Loa

This doesn't seem like a long-term team. Mike Carey's run with the X-Men has recently taken a turn towards short storylines. Each new four/five issue arc has featured a different character in trouble, with Rogue coming to help them out. It looks like Carey's final arc (because he leaves the X-Men after this arc) will see the remaining team coming to the assistance of New X-Men character Loa, who was most recently seen in Stuart Moore's Namor series.


X-Factor's Roster: Havok, Polaris, Madrox, Longshot, Wolfsbane, Rictor, Shatterstar, Layla Miller, Monet, Siryn, Longshot, Strong Guy

Peter David's kept his team intact, despite claims that he was going to be killing off a member. However, David has obviously raced in to snatch the just-returned Havok and Polaris, because they're front-and-centre here. Havok is well-known to be one of David's favourite characters, so it looks like we'll be seeing a shift from Madrox to Havok as the series goes on. With such a big cast though - and don't forget that David also has side-plots dealing with characters like Darwin and Marrow to incorporate at some point in the future - X-Factor looks a bit overstuffed at the moment.